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Al-Wazeer Mosque

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Al-Wazeer Mosque

The Al-Wazeer Mosque (Arabic: جامع الوزير, romanized: Jami' al-Wazir) is a Sunni mosque, located in the Al-Rusafa district of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was built by the Wazir of Baghdad Hassan Pasha in 1599 CE during the Ottoman era. The mosque was renovated and restore

d in the intervening years. The main characteristic of the mosque is its Ottoman style. The mosque is situated behind the Souk al-Sarai, near the riverbank of the Tigris. The a mosque is located, adjacent to the al-Asifyah Mosque, in an area that is part of a tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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